1. UK Healthy Universities Network
Wednesday 11th November 2015
Poppy Humphrey
Off Campus Student Affairs Officer
Manchester Student Homes

2. The Background Why Manchester? 85, 000 students LAAA Localised issues
Campus developments
Reputation
Strong sense of partnership
Why Manchester Student Homes?
Off Campus Focus
Halls 2 Home
Positioning
National Community Conference
International Town and Gown Association

3. Partnership Framework
Student Strategy Board
Student Safety Tactical Action Partnership
Housing & Environmental Partnership
Partnership Communications Group
Student Involvement
Strategic & Operational
Calendar of Events
Student Lifecycle
Thematic policy areas
Student Safe Zone

5. Formation of an alcohol policy
Focus on education, support and training Commitment to enhancing wellbeing Addresses expectations of behaviour NO to Prohibition Establish a strategic group A wider toolkit of activity Terms of Reference
And then…

6. Alcohol Impact Establish a steering group Additional criteria
Intervention
Graduate Community Cohesion role
City Council Consultation
Collecting data sets
Steering Group
NHS
Manchester City Council
Greater Manchester Police
Students' Union
Residential Life Team
Deputy Registrar
Off Campus
Innovation and Knowledge Student Support
Fire Services
Psychology

7. Changing patterns of socialisation
• Organised 'events'
• Large scale house parties
• Doorstaff and soundsystems
• Alcohol
• Legal highs
• Basement parties
• Encrypted codes on FaceBook
• Tree damage
• 2 waves of timings. 10pm 'Prinking' ... return 3am After party
• House to house parties linked to sports teams
• Street drinking
• Public urination
• Serious cases of harassment in private halls
• Transient noise
• Road signs and traffic cones

8. The Off Campus Intervention

9. Who?
2nd Year UK Undergraduates
What?
Large scale house parties
Why?
Student vulnerability
Community impact
Drain on resources
Spike in crime
Where?
HMO properties in Fallowfield, South Manchester
The Crew:
3rd year film makers
3rd year actors
Police
long term residents
local landlords

10. Accreditation!

11. On reflection… Academic perspective Focus on NPS Peer Involvement
Timing
Realism
City wide

12. Student perspective Blogs and Interviews
Student cityscapes & town planning
Development of a Manchester wide stance
On and off campus
Multi level 'Healthy University' approach
Greater understanding of motivations
Expansion of IBA
and a wealth of best practice...

13. Best Practice

15. Thanks for listening